NASDAQ WILL ADD SUPPORT FOR BITCOIN AND ETHER CRYPTOCURRENCY INDEX Service for real-time quotes Nasdaq Global Index Data Services (GIDS), which already has more than 40 000 indices, has been supplemented with two new cryptocurrency indices Bitcoin Liquid Index (BLX) and Ethereum…

JP MORGAN BANK WILL RELEASE ITS CRYPTOCURRENCY American Bank JP Morgan, which is one of the largest in the world, announced plans to launch its own cryptocurrency JPM Coin. It will be used to conduct instant payments between the company’s customers, testing…

THE VOLUME OF SEGWIT TRANSACTIONS IN THE BITCOIN NETWORK REACHED 90% Portal p2sh.info tracking the performance of the Bitcoin network reports that the total volume of transactions that were sent using SegWit technology has reached 90%. At the same time, in quantitative…

NEW ZEALAND POLICE HAVE ALLOWED THE CRYPTOPIA EXCHANGE TO RESUME ITS WORK The Police Department of New Zealand reports that the Cryptopia cryptocurrency exchange can return to work if desired. However, on the exchange’s website still hangs a message that the service…

BLOOMBERG: INVESTORS AND MINERS ARE TRYING TO SURVIVE THE “CRYPTOCURRENCY WINTER” DUE TO DERIVATIVES Cryptocurrency investors and miners are turning to derivatives, including options, in an attempt to survive a protracted recession in the market, according to Bloomberg. The article describes the…

THE HEAD OF OVERSTOCK: “BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY CAN IMPROVE GOVERNMENT SERVICES” The founder and head of the retail giant Overstock.com Patrick M. Byrne expressed the opinion that the blockchain can make government services “super-efficient and eliminate the possibility of bribery.” In an interview…

COINBASE WALLET ADDS KEY BACKUP FUNCTION Users of the Coinbase Wallet cryptocurrency wallet will now be able to create backup copies of keys on Google Drive or iCloud. In a statement, Coinbase said that allowing users to upload their keys to the…

BITHUMB WILL LAUNCH A LICENSED CRYPTOCURRENCY EXCHANGE IN THE UAE South Korean company Bithumb begins expansion in the Middle East with the launch of a licensed cryptocurrency exchange in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The firm announced on Tuesday that it had…

VENEZUELA REGULATOR HAS RESTRICTED THE AMOUNT OF CRYPTOCURRENCY TRANSFERS AND INTRODUCED COMMISSIONS The national regulator of cryptocurrencies and related activities (Sunacrip) of Venezuela has published a new decree number 41.581, which establishes the Commission for conducting cryptocurrency transfers. The decree describes “the…

THE BRAZILIAN CRYPTOCURRENCY EXCHANGE WON THE CASE OF CLOSING A BANK ACCOUNT The court of Rio de Janeiro ruled in favor of the Brazilian cryptocurrency exchange Mercado Bitcoin in the case of closing one of its current accounts. The court rejected an…

PHILIPPINE UNION BANK BEGINS INSTALLATION OF CRYPTOCURRENCY ATMs One of the largest Filipino banks Union Bank has established the country’s first cryptocurrency ATM, which will allow local users to easily exchange cryptocurrencies for Fiat funds and Vice versa. The emergence of such…

IN TEXAS, ELECTRICITY BILLS CAN BE PAID IN CRYPTOCURRENCY Texas residents can pay their electricity bills with cryptocurrency thanks to the collaboration of GridPlus Energy and local power transmission and distribution companies Oncor Electric Delivery Company and CenterPoint Energy. GridPlus Energy uses…

THE CYBER POLICE OF UKRAINE EXPOSED THE MAN WHO STOLE FUNDS FROM CRYPTO-WALLETS OF 720 THOUSAND UAH Employees of the cyber police exposed a man-a resident of the Kiev region, who stole funds from the crypto-wallets of the exchange’s clients for online…